Vegetable Cutlets

Vegetable Cutlets need no introduction at all.If you were like me back in college days ,eating out often at chaat centres or roadside gaadis, you surely wouldn't have missed these tasty treats. A popular snack on restaurant menus too.

There are many versions to this recipe; this is a simple basic one with no fuss. It comes together quickly and you will be craving for some once you are done reading this post!

You will need:

1 Cup boiled, mashed potatoes

1 Cup Vegetable mix – boiled carrots, peas, green beans (all finely chopped)

1 tsp green chilli paste

1 tbsp Corriander powder

¼ cup chopped fresh coriander

1 tbsp Oil

Salt to taste

Bread crumbs

2 tbsp All purpose flour

Water

Oil for deep-frying

Squeeze out as much water as possible from the boiled veggies.

Heat oil in a pan. Add the green chilli paste and coriander powder. Fry for a few seconds and then add the vegetable mixture. Mix well and then coarsely mash with the help of a potato masher. Season with salt. Cook mixture for 3 more minutes and then remove from heat. Let cool, then stir in the mashed potato and fresh corriander, combine well. Check for seasoning and add more salt if needed. The mixture should be stiff and should hold when rolled into a ball or shaped into a patty. If the mixture is falling apart, add bread crumbs as required to help bind it.

Shape into tear shaped patties or even round ones which are about 1/2 inch thick. Make a paste from the all purpose flour with about tbsp of water. It should be a thick paste.

Set oil to heat in a deep pan. Quickly dip each patty in the flour paste and roll in bread crumbs. Set aside for at least 5 minutes before deep frying. This helps the crumbs stick well and not fall apart in the oil. Dip and coat remaining patties. Deep fry in hot oil till the outside is golden brown.

Drain patties on paper towels to remove excess oil. Serve hot with ketchup and/or Mint chutney.

I made a lot of these over last weekend, and saved some of the mixture to use over the week. You really can never get enough of these cutlets, they are finger licking good! :)